Newton Hospital to use famed med lab

Hospital to use Mayo Laboratories testing NEWTON, N.J. — Newton Memorial Hospital has selected Mayo Medical Laboratories as its primary reference laboratory, giving the Hospital access to Mayo Clinic’s extensive menu of laboratory tests and clinical expertise. Through its worldwide network of more than 4,000 clients, Mayo Medical Laboratories enables hospitals, medical centers and health care organizations to send tests to Mayo Clinic’s laboratories, which are among the most sophisticated in the world. Through this arrangement, Newton Memorial Hospital will offer the region immediate, collaborative access to complex tests performed by Mayo Clinic. “Newton Memorial will continue to perform an extensive menu of diagnostic laboratory tests, but what this clinical relationship allows us to do is use Mayo Clinic’s expertise when performing more advance testing,” said Ruth Pollison, director of laboratory services at Newton Memorial Hospital. “We are very excited to offer this advanced testing with quick turn around on results to the residents of this community.” In certain cases, laboratory tests performed at Newton Memorial Hospital will be transported via air to Mayo Clinic with test results often available the following day through a computer interface. Additionally, Mayo Clinic physicians and scientists in every specialty laboratory will be available for consultation regarding test selection, utilization and methodologies, and result interpretation. Most laboratory testing will continue to be done by Newton Memorial Hospital with only the most specialized tests being sent to Mayo Clinic. For those in need of laboratory testing, specimens will continue to be collected at all Newton Memorial Hospital Lab Connection sites, which are located at: the Sparta Health and Wellness Center, 89 Sparta Avenue, Sparta, N.J.; Milford Health and Wellness Center, 111 East Catharine Street, Milford; Newton Memorial Hospital, 175 High St., Newton; Norman A. Silbert Medical Office Building, 222 High Street, Newton; Vernon Urgent Care, 212 Route 94, Vernon, N.J.; and Sussex Lab Connection, 123 Newton-Sparta Road, Newton. For an extensive list of Newton Memorial Hospital Lab Connection locations as well as hours of operation and telephone numbers, visit www.alllifelong.org and click on Lab and X-Ray at the top of the home page.